AnimeNEXT 2007 AMV Contest (Winners)

[dokool]

Yay for being a sacrificial lamb \m/

Grats to everyone else, someone who can actually attend be sure to let us all know how it goes.

[VegettoEX]

Yooooosh~. Here we go with the full information on the contest.

The contest was played three times throughout the entire convention (Friday @ 12 noon in Main Events, Saturday @ 9 am in Main Events, Sunday @ 9 am in Main Events). Ballots were due Saturday by 4:00 pm. We had a total of twenty-seven videos in the contest. The videos were separated into four categories: Trailer/Parody, Action, Drama, and Comedy (three, seven, thirteen, and four videos, respectively). At the end of the contest, a recap was played, which was basically a slide-show collection of all of the title cards and a uniquely identifying screen shot from the video, one after another. Each attendee could pick their single favorite video in each of the four categories; this would decide the four popular vote winners. After the ballots were counted, the judges (myself and Meri) selected one other video that we felt set itself apart from the other videos in some kind of way (with both technical and artistic merits).

All five winning videos were played during the awards ceremony to a packed main events room, which took place Saturday evening during the judges' deliberation for the cosplay awards.

So here's the full list of videos! Links to their respective entries on "the org" are provided where available.

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CATEGORY: TRAILER/PARODY --

( Video 01 )
Title: "Unlikely Star"
Editor: Bob Babcock
Footage: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Artist: Aya Hirano, Kaori Fukuhara, Emiri Katou, Aya Endo
Audio: "Motteke! Sailor Fuku"

( Video 02 )
Title: "Death Note Movie"
Editor: Joe Stumm
Footage: Death Note
Audio: "Primeval" Theatrical Trailer

( Video 03 )
Title: "Inu-Yasha Hell!"
Editor: Leiko-Chan Studios
Footage: Inu-Yasha
Audio: various


CATEGORY: ACTION --

( Video 04 )
Title: "Raise The Gain"
Editor: Dark Seraphim
Footage: Ghost in the Shell - Solid State Society & Karas
Artist: Basic Elements
Song: "Raise the Gain"

( Video 05 )
Title: "Shards Of Faith"
Editor: jade_eyed_angel
Footage: Chrno Crusade
Artist: Switchfoot
Song: "Meant To Live"

( Video 06 )
Title: "Team Sakura"
Editor: Ramen Noodle Productions
Footage: Naruto
Artist: RevenG
Song: "Sakura"

( Video 07 )
Title: "The FMA Run Around"
Editor: Tiffany K.
Footage: Fullmetal Alchemist
Artist: Jason Radford
Song: "Run Around"

( Video 08 )
Title: "EoE Dragula -Ultimate Edition-"
Editor: Jesmaster
Footage: End of Evangelion
Artist: Rob Zombie
Song: "Dragula" (Hot Rod Herman Remix)

( Video 09 )
Title: "Variable XZ"
Editor: Ilaonëtu
Footage: Megaman X (3, 4, 5, 6, 7), "Day of Sigma" movie
Artist: Linkin Park
Song: "By_Myself"

( Video 10 )
Title: "The Notebook Creates Lost Prophets"
Editor: Melissa Daly
Footage: Death Note
Artist: Lostprophets
Song: "Start Something"


CATEGORY: DRAMA --

( Video 11 )
Title: "The Dirge of Vincent Valentine"
Editor: Roscoe
Footage: Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII
Artist: Linkin Park
Song: "What I've Done"

( Video 12 )
Title: "I'll Never Forget You"
Editor: Dragon/Roy
Footage: Black Cat
Artist: Silverstein
Song: "Discovering The Waterfront"

( Video 13 )
Title: "Right Where Shinji Belongs"
Editor: Brian Kaufman
Footage: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Song: "Right Where It Belongs"

( Video 14 )
Title: "Restless"
Editor: Scintilla
Footage: Loveless
Artist: Lacara
Song: "Everytime We Touch"

( Video 15 )
Title: "Halfcrazy 6/17"
Editor: Ronald Hennessy
Footage: Nanaka 6/17
Artist: Musiq Soulchild
Song: "Halfcrazy" (Dreams Version)

( Video 16 )
Title: "Dare To Be Yourself"
Editor: Lil' Yakka Productions
Footage: Last Exile & RahXephon
Artist: Shinedown
Song: "I Dare You"

( Video 17 )
Title: "A Surreal Life"
Editor: Laura Guzman - Cheese For Thought Studios
Footage: Naruto - Shippuuden
Artist: Ayumi Hamasaki
Song: "Surreal"

( Video 18 )
Title: "Evangelical Addiction"
Editor: Jack Rucando & Omar Ahmadein
Footage: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Artist: Cradle of Filth
Song: "Nymphetamine"

( Video 19 )
Title: "Take What's Left"
Editor: Tammy Wexler
Footage: Gravitation
Artist: Nick Lachey
Song: "What's Left Of Me"

( Video 20 )
Title: "This Could Be..."
Editor: dokool (Third Lens Open Productions)
Footage: Mahou Sensei Negima
Artist: Acceptance
Song: "So Contagious"

( Video 21 )
Title: "Let's Go Fly"
Editor: Touya_girl Productions
Footage: Kiki's Delivery Service
Artist: (Mary Poppins Soundtrack)
Song: "Let's Go Fly A Kite"

( Video 22 )
Title: "Better Than Me"
Editor: Dark Side Productions
Footage: Saishu Heiki Kanojyo
Artist: Hinder
Song: "Better Than Me"

( Video 23 )
Title: "Keitaro and Naru's Christmas In July"
Editor: Cyanna
Footage: Love Hina
Artist: The Waitresses
Song: "Christmas Wrapping"


CATEGORY: COMEDY --

( Video 24 )
Title: "Code Monkey"
Editor: Studio Hybrid
Footage: "The Legend of Black Heaven"
Artist: Jonathan Coulton
Song: "Code Monkey"

( Video 25 )
Title: "Mr. Edward Elric"
Editor: Stacy Moscariello
Footage: "Fullmetal Alchemist"
Artist: Smile.dk
Song: "Mr. Wonderful"

( Video 26 )
Title: "Stop Looking At My ****!"
Editor: Maria Stolyar (Hinano)
Footage: various
Artist: Pussycat Dolls
Song: "Beep"

( Video 27 )
Title: "Naruto Hump"
Editor: Dirty D
Footage: Naruto
Artist: Digital Underground
Song: "The Humpty Dance"

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So now let's get to the winners and runner-ups. Categories were extremely close this year, yet again!

JUDGES' AWARD:
WINNER: "I'll Never Forget You"

TRAILER/PARODY:
WINNER: "Death Note Movie" (45% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Inu-Yasha Hell!" (42% of category votes)

ACTION:
WINNER: "Shards Of Faith" (27% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "The Notebook Creates Lost Prophets" (21% of category votes)

DRAMA:
WINNER: "Restless" (18% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Evangelical Addiction" (15% of category votes)

COMEDY:
WINNER: "Stop Looking At My ****!" (33% of category votes)
HONORABLE MENTION: "Naruto Hump" (28% of category votes)

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So there we go! I think that's pretty much everything I can think of. If you have any further comments, questions, or suggestions about the contest, feel free to let me know.

It is the decision of the individual editor (or editors) to make their own videos available for download online. It is *not* the decision of the contest coordinators or any other AnimeNEXT staff.

Big props to all the tech and general convention crew that helped out during all of the showings. Thanks, everyone, and we'll see you all again next year! *collapses*

[Dragon/Roy]

congrats to all the other winners , and that convention was great cant wait ill next year

[Touya_girl]

Congrats to everyone who won.

Here's the link to my video - Let's Go Fly

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... p?v=136330

[lilyakka]

congratz to all the winners

[jade_eyed_angel]

yay wow awsm! =]
congrats other ppls ^_^

[Hinano]

man that loveless winner one had fangirls screaming their lungs out

[Turbo]

Didn't like the music....